News Archive for August 11, 2012
When ‘boring’ is good
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Is Paul Ryan too boring and too white? Only if you’re a superficial moron, which apparently is how many political strategists and commentators view most Americans.
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Friends, foes like Ryan but disagree on politics
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Paul Ryan's friends and opponents in Wisconsin and his hometown of Janesville are nearly unanimous in describing the congressman as likable and intelligent. The common ground ends when it comes to his politics.
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Ryan honed conservative economic views at Miami U.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
CINCINNATI --
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has said he found himself at Miami University of Ohio, where a professor Saturday recalled Ryan as a thoughtful student anxious to learn more while he honed his economic and political beliefs.
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Heat in 1930s Janesville blows July 2012 out of water
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
JANESVILLE --
July was the hottest on record for the lower 48 states, but not for Janesville.
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School board to consider Parker High School assistant principal pick
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A familiar face at Parker High School will likely be the new assistant principal there this fall.
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Vehicle break-ins rise in rural Rock County
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
JANESVILLE --
More than a dozen thefts from unlocked vehicles have been reported in rural Rock County since the beginning of July, and the Rock County Sheriff’s Office is advising residents to be alert.
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Prison ordered for man who robbed Janesville bank
By KEVIN MURPHY - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A man who robbed the Janesville Mid-America Bank at gunpoint in August 2010 was sentenced Friday in federal court to 10 years in prison and ordered to repay the stolen money.
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Emerald ash borer spreading in Walworth County
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
Additional trees infested with the Emerald Ash Borer have been found in Walworth County.
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Warrants issued for 3 men after shooting in Beloit
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Warrants have been issued for three men charged this week in Rock County Court with first-degree intentional homicide after a Beloit man was hospitalized with gunshot wounds.
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Public record for Aug. 11, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
Room tax benefits Walworth County resorts and communities
By STAN MILAM - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
DELAVAN --
State statutes require that room taxes be used to support "tourism promotion and development," but municipal officials and resort owners don't always agree on what that means.
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Buoyant Republicans turn out to embrace Ryan as VP
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
NORFOLK, VA. --
Mitt Romney could have said almost anything to a buoyant crowd ready to welcome his new running mate and it would have been OK. But flubbing Paul Ryan's big intro evoked a moment of "Say what?" uncertainty.
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Woe and opportunity: Tales from historic drought
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
CHAMPAIGN, IL. --
The United States is in the midst of the worst drought in decades, and the dry weather and soaring temperatures are taking a toll on people living and working in Ohio west to California and Texas north to the Dakotas.
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Ryan: Obama has 'record of failure'
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
WASHINGTON --
His selection just hours old, Republican Mitt Romney’s vice presidential pick, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, was already tearing into President Barack Obama’s “record of failure.”
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Ryan seen as Romney's bridge across GOP spectrum
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Even before Wisconsin sent Paul Ryan to Congress, he was meticulously carving a path that seemed to point only upward.
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Romney names Paul Ryan his running mate
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
NORFOLK, VA. --
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney introduced Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate on Saturday, turning to the architect of a deeply conservative and intensely controversial long-term budget plan to remake Medicare and cut trillions in federal spending.
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Astros rally for 4-3 win over Brewers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
HOUSTON --
The Houston Astros walked off the field winners after a dramatic ninth-inning rally for a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.
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AP source: Romney picks Ryan for running mate
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
NORFOLK, VA. --
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan to be his running mate, according to a Republican with knowledge of the development. They will appear together today in Norfolk, Va., at the start of a four-state bus tour to introduce the newly minted GOP ticket to the nation.
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